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Mota Lava

fourth largest island in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu
Landform island Q1788728

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
island, volcanic island[5]
Country
Vanuatu[3]
Part of
Banks Islands[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -13.665°, 167.680°
Area
+24[10]
Elevation above sea level
+192[9]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 192 m GeoNames 411 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Located in or next to body of water
Pacific Ocean[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Torba[2]
Located in/on physical feature
Banks Islands[7]
Population
+1451[8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1,451 GeoNames 1,640 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
🏷️ Also known as
en Mota Lava ar موتا لافا de Motalava de Motlav el Μότα Λάβα fa موتا لاوا fr Motalava ja モタラヴァ ja モタ・ラバ pl Motalava ru Мота-Лава zh 莫塔拉瓦島 zh-hans 莫塔拉瓦岛
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mota Lava.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0ctkh1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2138267
GeoNames ID
2135842
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1008224
Global Volcanism Program ID
257001
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
mota-lava
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0516171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
4676390
VOGRIPA ID
509
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Island", "MotaLava::r5jx9"]

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🔗 Connections
Country 1
Vanuatu
Instance of 1
island
Located in or next to body of water 1
Pacific Ocean
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Torba
Located in time zone 1
UTC+11:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
Banks Islands
Named after 1
Mota Lava Airport
Part of 1
Banks Islands
People born here 1
Baldwin Lonsdale
← Place served by transport hub 1
Mota Lava Airport
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Summary

Mota Lava is an island[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mota Lava include Mota Lava Airport[11], an airport[12], in Vanuatu[13].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Mota Lava Airport[11], an airport[12], in Vanuatu[13].

Related Entities

Baldwin Lonsdale Vanuatu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Classifying Pacific islands. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 26w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Island", "MotaLava::r5jx9"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Island", "MotaLava::r5jx9"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
  3. 26w ago · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+192'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+24'}
    Located in or next to body of water → Pacific Ocean
    Category for people born here → Wikidata item
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29481|batch #29481]]"
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